Machine for drying freshly-printed cylindrical articles, such as cartridge-shells.



H. I). HODGE.

MAGHINE FOR DRYING FRESHLY PRINTED GYLINDRIOAL ARTICLES SUCH ASOARTRIDGE SHELLS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.31,1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 19%

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HOWARD DOUGLAS HODGE, OF WALTHAM ABBEY, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO NOBELSEXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LIMITED, OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

MACHINE FOR DRYING FEESHLY-PRINTED CYLINDBICAL ARTICLES, SUCH ASCARTRIDGE-SHELLS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 31, 1912.

Patented Mar. 1 0, 191

Serial No. 739,450.

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Be it known that I, I'IOWARD Douoms llonon, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residiug at Joyce House, \Valtharn Abbey, Essex, l lngland, haveinvented a new and useful Ii'ilachine for Drying l reshlydirintedCylindrical xtrticles, Such as lartridge-Shclls, of which the followingis a specilicalion.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine for drying freshlyprinted cylindrical articles especially those made of highly glazedpaper or the like such as the shells of cartridges. lVith such articlesthe ink takes a very long time to dry and it is essential that thearticles should be support ed for a long time in such a Way that theycannot. be rubbed and the ink therefore can not smear.

A, machine embodying my invention and suitable for drying articles suchas cartridge shells which have enlarged heads as shown in. theaccompanying drawings, l igure .1 being a side elevation, and Fig. 2 aplan, Fig. 3 showing a detail.

1 is the main shaft of the machine driven by a belt pulley 2. A chain 3passing over a sprocket wheel t on this shaft drives a sprocket wheel 5on a shaft 6 on which is an interrupted worm 7 imparting a step by stepmovement of rotation to a worm wheel 8 fast with a drum 9 on the surfaceof which are grooves 10 cut to correspond to the heads of the shells, sothat when the head of a shell is pushed into a groove, the shell issupported and stands out radially from the surface of the drum as seenin Fig. 3.

The shells 8 fall from a mandrel 11, on which they are supported whilebeing printed down a chute 12 and the lowest shell drops from the chuteonto a table 13 in front of a pusher 1 t reeiprocated in guides 15 by alever 16 rocked on its pivot 17 by a cam 18 on a vertical shaft 19geared to the shaft 11. Each time that the lever is rocked the pusherpushes the lowest shell into that groove which happens to be opposite toit and also comes beneath the head of the next lowest shell and supportsit until the pusher moves back, when this shell drops onto the table infront; of tho pusher. Thus as the drum rotates one shell is pushed intoeach groove and then a second shell is pushed into the first groove anditself pushes the first shell in that groove slightly along it and so onuntil eventually all the grooves are tilled with shells throughout theirlength and then the shells which by this time are quite dry are pushedout of the grooves on the left of the drum and fall into some receptacleplaced for them.

hat I claim is:--

The combination of a drum having grooves formed on its surface, meansfor pushing articles into the grooves and means for rotating the drum.

HOlVARD DOUGLAS llO'DG-E.

\Vitnesses:

TInunnn'r D. Jmnason, O. P. L'IDDON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

